Ken Free:
rCentral Not Ready For Bin-Time College Comnetition”
Special to the Poet
DURHAM-Mid-Eastern
Conference Commie
Ken Free's feelings on
Carolina Central Uni
readmittance to the
Intercollegiate
Association was one
sorrow for having lost that
but he was happy
were able to re-enter
conference.
said, “I respect the
which indicates that
are not ready for big-time
competition, in this
I-AA football
and Division I in all other
sports. I wish them well as
they take a step backwards to
a level where they think sur
vival will come more easily
Some of Central’s athletic
leaders continue to malicious
ly state that they were put out
of the ME AC; however, the
fact is that they refused to
adhere to the mandate impos
ed upon all conference
members by the league’s
governing body in a meeting
nearly two years ago, advising
each to comply with all
criteria as it relates to
mr
Division I. In the beginning, I
was not sure, but now I am
certain the major reason
Central wants to remain
Division II is to recruit
players with high school
averages less than 2.0 on a 4.0
scale. Division II allows an
institution to recruit at 1.6,
where Division I’s require
ment is 2.0 or better. Central
has stated many times of
having economical problems,
but it is obvious they want
recruiting privileges of sign
ing good athletes with
minimal academic skills, and
economics is purely
__'
secondary."
Free continued to say that
he is deeply disturbed by the
fact that none of the
comments or decisions con
cerning Central’s plight have
come from the Athletic Direc
tor; the expert they hired to
lead them out of obscurity.
Central gave three major
requirements for Division I as
opposed to Division II compe
tition, which were; 1) the
number of football scholar
ships available;. 2) at least
eight men’s varsity sports;
and 3) 75 percent of all basket
ball games must be against
Division I opponents
To this, Free said it was
not important to have the
same, or as many scholar
ships as the larger universi
ties because they would not be
awarded a game with them
anyway, and with the Division
1 schools they could schedule,
both would be in similar scho
larship categories. As for the
eight sports, Free said if
Central already has five, all
they had to do was add cross
country, indoor track, and
golf. Outdoor track members
would build most of the first,
two snuads and addins solf
would not give them that
financial strain they fear
Plus, football and basketball
are the only two sports in the
conference with visitation
requirements, which lessens
the travel expense when a
school has six other sports
These only have to meet the
NCAA requirements, and then
come to a MEAC champion
ship. with the winner moving
on to NCAA competition. The
Commissioner went on to say
that most of the basketball
scheduling problems our
Division 1 schools experienced
came as a result of playing six
Division II games within the
conference If all members
had been Division I. the sched
uling would have been less
dramatic
To the loyal MEAC follow
ers. Commissioner Free
rejoiced, "We are definitely
not going to fold, disperse, or
slow down to any degree We
will go on with our four
Division I institutions (NC
A&T, South Carolina St.,
Howard. Delaware St ), and I
feel our expansion program
will be enhanced by the simple
fact that we are a Division I
conference.
Ken Free
MEAC Commissioner
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. —Rising Olympic High Senior
Lovely Kimberely Richards
Is “Beauty Of The Week”
by Sherleen McKoy
Post Staff Writer
Kimberely Richards, a
rising senior at Olympic High
School, is our beauty for this
itiegJr
Commenting on becoming a
senior, Kimberely stated, "I
wish I was there already.”
Kimberely’s post-gradua
tion plans include studying
accounting at Hamilton Col
lege, a junior business college
here in Charlotte.
‘‘I’ve always wanted to see
myself being my own person
and my own boss, sitting
behind a desk,” she explained.
“Going into accounting will
help me to get up there on the
ladder.”
Kimberely spends her after
noons and weekends working
as a cashier at Hardee’s
Hamburgers. Enjoying her
job, she said, “It’s good
experience.”
This summer, Kimberely
plans to become a member of
the Youth Advisory Board, a
summer program for students
Ujjers Hope And-Aid
SBA Like Oasis In Desert
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Post Staff Writer
Thinking of opening a small
business? The Small Business
Administration, like an oasis
in the desert, offers hope and
aid.
Although the delinquency
rate for failing to repay loans
is 92 percent on the national
level for small businesses,
North Carolina's state SBA
office reports only a 12-14
percent delinquency rate,
according to Mrs. Catherine
Szucs. assistant district direc
tor for minority business.
Consider these findings
from Dunn and Bradstreet
reseaA^i: Ninety-two percent
of all businesses started in
1979 will fold within five years.
Businesses aided by the Small
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a greater chance of succeed
ing than those functioning
without SBA’s help.
Among the 30 reasons busi
nesses falter, according to the
SBA are the following: insuf
ficient money invested, inade
quate management skills or
operations experience, com
petition and failure to follow
through with personal com
mitment.
Before a small business can
obtain an SBA loan the pros
pective owner must first apply
for a bank loan, Mrs. Szucs
said.
If a bank refuses to grant a
loan because of insufficient
collateral or a need for a
longer period of time to repay
the loan than the customary
3-5 years, the applicant may
then request SBA considera
tion.
While banks demand half of
the capital be financed by the
businessman, SBA requires as
little as 20 percent investment,
Mrs. Szucs said. Once a
business is granted the loan,
management assistance is
provided.
“Of the loans given to small
businesses, 26 percent in
North Carolina are given to
minorities,” she said. “A
higher percentage of loans go
to minorities than in other
states in the southeast
region .”
See 02 on page 6
interested in learning more
about government and how it
is run.
In her spare time,
Kimberely likes to read, write
poems and type She des
cribes herself as the kind of
person who is open and has a
lot of courage and confidence
in herself: she listens before
voicing an opinion, she stands
for what's right and she freely
releases her feelings.
Kimberely cites her mother
as being the most influential
person in her life.
“My mother has been there
every time I needed her,”
Kimberely said fondly. “She's
everything to me, I don't think
I could have gotten this far
without her.”
Summarizing her outlook on
life, Kimberely mused,
“Nothing was ever achieved
without enthusiasm; you learn
by doing.”
The oldest of five children,
Kimberely is the daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Jilson Richards
North Carolina Black Caucus
To Host Statewide Conference
HUD Accepting
Applications
< For Housing
The Department of Housing
and Urban Development
(HUD) is accepting applica
tions until June 23 from con
tractors to build low-income
housing.
Under the Section 8 Moder
ate Rehabilitation Housing
Program in North Carolina,
applications will be accepted
to construct more low-income
shelters during HUD's fiscal
year ending September 30,
1979.
Applications may be sub
mitted by any state, county,
municipality or other govern
ment organization that is
authorized to assist in deve
lopment of housing for low
income families.
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ing any low-income housing
this year because the city has
already received large alloca
tions for construction last
year, according to Deputy
Area Manager Ledford Austin
of the state HUD headquarters
in Greensboro. A spokesman
for the Charlotte Housing
Authority said that construc
tion was recently completed in
Archdale, Nations Ford, Mil
ton and Florence Roads
Applications are available
from the Greensboro Area
Office, 415 North Edgewood
Street, Greensboro, N.C.
27401, and must be received by
July 23, 1979
Roots of Charlotte committee makes final
plans for the festival this weekend. R 1 -
Johnsie Young, Harold Parks, Sarah
Coleman, Harold Winston. R.2 - Effie Water
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man, Henrietta Rhederick, Jerry Springs.
Katherine Chapman. The festival will cele
brate the contribution of blacks to the City of
Charlotte. (Photo by Eileen Hanson)
nuu'K t Ammoniums
Roots Of Charlotte Festival
Begins Here Friday Evening
by Eileen Hanson
Special to the Post
Charlotte's black commu
nity will be center stage this
weekend. June 15-17, as il
presents ‘' Roots of Charlotte '
The three-day cultural festival
will feature 25 black musica
and dance groups, and scores
of churches and community
organizations
Beginning Friday evening
with "The Black Preacher at
Ovens Auditorium," and con
eluding Sunday with an old
fashioned "camp meeting" at
Hornets' Nest Park, the week
end promises to be one of the
most memorable events of the
year
The festival will highlight
the contributions blacks have
made to humanity and to the
community of Charlotte It is
co-sponsored by the Afro
American Cultural Center and
the Roots of Charlotte Com
mittee. and partially funded
by the Charlotte Arts and
Science Council and the
Greater Charlotte
Foundation
Kbony Group and Company
will kick off the festival with
their performance of ‘The
Black Preacher,” Friday,
June 15 at Ovens at 8:15 p.m
Based on James Weldon John
son's ‘‘God's Trombones, ' the
musical combines the power
ful sermons of the 19th
Century black preacher with
spirituals and freedom songs
Tickets are $5 00 and $3.50 for
students, on sale at the door
Saturday's festival will
begin with a Street March
which will assemble at 9 a m
at the Willie Stratford Sr
Bridge < Beatties Ford Road at
I 85). According to festival
coordinator Harold Parks, "A
street march draws people
into it as it moves along It
gets everyone to participate,
whereas a parade is viewed
from the sidelines
To ensure that everyone can
participate, marchers who
don't want to walk can ride in
cars, ride bicycles or even
run
Anita Stroud, who has work
ed with community youth for
many decades, will be head
marshall for the street march
See Roots on page 13
Conference To
Identify Four
“Critical* Issues
Special to the Post
On Saturday, June 16, the
'forth Carolina Black Leader
ship Caucus will host an all
lay, statewide conference,
'Black Survival: Beyond
Describing the Problems,” it
vas announced today by The
Honorable Clarence E Light
ter. Caucus Chairman
The conference, which wiil
aegin at 8:30 a m on the
campus of Saint Augustine's
College in Raleigh, is designed
lo bring together individuals
and representatives from the
major statewide black organi
nations to strategize and deve
lop a viable black agenda and
communications network
Four issue areas identified
as critical to the statewide
black community will be high
lighted in a senes of concur
rent workshops. The issues,
along with their respective
moderators, are: Education.
Dr Charles A. Lyons, Jr ,
Chancellor of Fayetteville
State University; Employ
ment and Economics, Attor
ney Floyd B McKissick. Sr.,
Soul City, Inc ; Health and
Welfare, Mrs. Carolyn I
i nornton, uirector oi social
Work-Mental Health, Lincoln
Community Health Center,
Durham, and Housing, Pro
fessor Charles E. Daye, UNC
School of I-aw. Chapel Hill
Workshop panelists from
across the state will present
strategies and models for
implementing the black
agenda in their respective
areas of expertise
The black members of the
North Carolina General
Assembly will discuss the
same four issues from a legis
lative perspective at the Con
ference luncheon
Keynoting the afternoon s
plenary session will be The
Honorable Howard N Lee,
Secretary of the North Caro
lina Department of Natural
Resources and Community
Development, who is one of
the founders of the Caucus,
along with Former Senator
Lightner, Dr John R l^arkins.
US Attorney H M Michaux,
Jr , and other key black
leaders
The capstone of the day's
activities will be the Caucus'
Second Annual Banquet,
which will be held at the
Raleigh Civic Center The
Honorable Marion S Barry,
Jr , Mayor of the District of
Columbia, will keynote the
banquet Mayor Barry, who
will be introduced by The
See Black on page 12
Summer Programs Will Provide
Variety Of Enrichment Subjects
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by Susan Ellsworth
Post Staff Writer
Summer programs for stu
dents in grades K-6 will pro
vide enrichment in a variety
of subjects ranging from read
ing, math and science to the
arts and academics.
“Fifth Quarter” summer
programs, scheduled from
June 25 to August 2 will be
available at Barringer, BU
lingsville, Dilworth, Hidden
Valley, Huntersville, Oak
lawn, Plaza Road, and Wes
terly Heights Elementary
Schools. Media centers will be*
open in each of these schools
Free bus transportation will
not be provided
Remedial instruction in
mathematics will be offered at
Dilworth and Plaza Road
. . .Program coordinator
Schools. This program will be
offered June 25 - July 20, from
8 - 10 a m Tuition will be
tV) 00
I
ror cnnaren wno nave uim
culty reading, all eight ele
mentary centers will hold
reading classes June 25 July
20 from 8:15 • 10:15 a m.
Tuition will be $50 00
Elementary Science Study
will offer students a chance to
learn more about science by
performing experiments
themselves, under teacher
supervision A $30 00 tuition
fee will cover costs for the
program to be held at Dil
worth and Plaza Road Schools
from 8:00 - 10:00 am. June 25
• July 20.
Arts and Academics, a pro
gram which considers indivi
dual differences in children
and provides instruction in
reading, math, sports and the
arts will be offered at Billings
tary Schools June 25 - July 13
from 8 30 a m. - 12:30 p m
Tuition will be $50 00
English as a Second I-ang
uage will he offered at Bil
lingsville Elementary School
This course is provided for
students whose native Ian
guage is not English. The first
session will run from June 25
July 13 and the second session
from July 18 - August 2 from
8 15-10:15 a m. Tuition will
he $50 00 for six weeks or
$25 00 for three weeks
Each elementary center will
feature a music and sports
camp for current 5th and 8th
grade hand and orchestra
students Participants may
spend only two hours in the
music program or both two
See Summer on page 12